Money Lessons from Venezuela
My Interview with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, co-founder and CSO of Ledn
On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of speaking with the incredibly wise Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, co-founder and CSO of the Bitcoin/digital asset lending platform Ledn.
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Mauricio is a native Venezuelan who now lives in Canada. Like the nearly 25% of Venezuela’s population that emigrated from Venezuela in the last decade, Mauricio left his home country due to its failing political and economic systems.
In our interview, he discusses what the situation in Venezuela looked like back in 2014-2015 in detail, pointing out the differences between the hyperinflation Venezuela has experienced and the inflation that most developed countries are currently facing.
He also discussed how having an understanding of money and economics in Latin America is imperative/a prerequisite if you’re looking to be financially successful in whatever you do.
What he shared was both heartbreaking and enlightening. It’s been two days since we spoke, and his words are still resonating deeply with me.
And, yes, we did talk Bitcoin, but it wasn’t the primary focus of the interview.
Before letting you go so you can check out the interview, I’d like to share something I learned about Mauricio in our off-camera, post-interview conversation, which is that he is from Barquisimeto, Venezuela — the same city in which I lived in 2010-2011.
I didn’t know this before interviewing him, and it made the fact that this interview happened feel even more serendipitous.
What’s perhaps even crazier is that it turns out he went to the high school at which my cousin used to teach. Small world.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy listening to the interview as much as I enjoyed taking part in it.
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Thanks!
Best,
Frank
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